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門前払もんぜんばらい

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Inflections of 門前払い
Common
もんぜんばらい
Meaning
    1. ①
      turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face; refusal of admission
    2. ②
      rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation
    3. ③
      being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
      See also: 奉行所 (ぶぎょうしょ)
Kanji
門 モン gate, counter for cannons 前 ゼン in front, before 払 フツ pay, clear out, prune
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門前もんぜんの小僧こぞう

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もんぜんのこぞう
Meaning
    1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
      See also: 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む (もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ)
Kanji
門 モン gate, counter for cannons 前 ゼン in front, before 小 ショウ little, small 僧 ソウ Buddhist priest, monk
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門前もんぜんの小僧習こぞうならわぬ経きょうを読よむ

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Inflections of 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
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Meaning
    1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
Kanji
門 モン gate, counter for cannons 前 ゼン in front, before 小 ショウ little, small 僧 ソウ Buddhist priest, monk 習 シュウ learn 経 ケイ sutra, longitude, pass thru 読 ドク read
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門前市もんぜんいちをなす

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Inflections of 門前市をなす
もんぜんいちをなす
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Meaning
    1. to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
Kanji
門 モン gate, counter for cannons 前 ゼン in front, before 市 シ market, city, town
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門前雀羅もんぜんじゃくらを張はる

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Inflections of 門前雀羅を張る
もんぜんじゃくらをはる
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Meaning
    1. to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate
      See also: 門前雀羅 (もんぜんじゃくら)
Kanji
門 モン gate, counter for cannons 前 ゼン in front, before 雀 ジャク sparrow 羅 ラ gauze, thin silk, Rome 張 チョウ counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread
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